Horticultural vinegar is an amazing weed killer both in its effectiveness and because it’s so much better for the environment ...

Okay, I admit that headline is a bit much, but it’s true. Buzzing your tomatoes at noon will lead to a larger harvest of fruit. You may have even heard the advice to shake your tomatoes and thought it ...

Indeterminate tomatoes are like that friend who runs marathons. They just keep going. Once they finish one marathon, they’re already training for the other. From the time you pick that first tomato ...

Determinate tomatoes are the scrappy, short guys of the tomato world. These compact, bushy varieties have been bred to grow to a certain height, set all their fruit within a short window, and then ...

Peonies always make me think of weddings. They’re such a romantic flower, so frilly and beautiful in shades of creamy white, soft pink or magenta. What bride wouldn’t want a bouquet of peonies?

I could spend hours at my local garden store. I find it infinitely relaxing to look at what plants they have in store and imagine the possibilities, the layouts, the nooks and corners I could create ...

June is a bit like coming up to the top of the first drop of a roller coaster ride. It’s that slow and steady rise above the daffodils and crocus, above the trees budding out, and above the wildlife ...

There comes a moment every spring when my garden threatens to run away from me. One minute, everything is barely waking up, and then I blink, and I’ve got a jungle on my hands. (It usually happens ...

Last weekend, my friend and I were at Home Depot picking up bags of Quikrete. He was helping me reinstall my clothesline after a tornado went through my yard in March and yanked it out of the ground.

Tomatoes will prioritize saving themselves over producing more fruit. So tomato blossom drop is usually a sign of other ...